My son is a kidney recipient. He had a live donor. We got to meet her husband in the waiting room and then my son and his wife met his donor in recovery. She will always be our angel. She was a total stranger who saw our Facebook post. She came 500 miles to donate to our son. Being an organ donor is the most important thing you could ever do.
And Bonnie's voice....her subtle inflections make me believe she's feeling everything she's singing. She's so convincing. Love Bonnie's softer songs so much more than her rock style blues. She's so talented. Great song.
I heard Bonnie do an interview about this song. She said she was watching the news one night and they did a Feel Good story. It was about a mother who lost her son and the person who go his heart. She said she couldn't stop thinking about it and wrote this song... I can not listen to this song without crying. I have 3 children and just can not even imagine this. I am going to be seeing her in concert in about 3 weeks. I am hoping I can get through this song without crying by then!!!!!!❤
The way I see this is that the 'just like that your life can change' has happened twice to Olivia Zand - once in losing her son and the second time in finding peace and tranquility after the meeting with the man who benefitted from the donor program and received her sons' heart.
I hadn't listened to Bonnie in years and this one popped up in my suggestion list. Needless to say, I was curious, but man! I was stunned by the simplicity of the lyrics that had me in tears. She wrote the lyrics and and melody and delivered them like no one on this earth could but Bonnie. She did say in her interview that it was a news article she read and it moved her so that she felt compelled to write this, along with having lost her dear friend John Prine. Thank you Don for an amazing reaction. I agree - she was channeling John.
Beautiful song thank you Caroliniasbeauty . How much that had to have meant to her . They even have Teddy bears that you can record the heartbeat but this would have meant so much more . Thank you Don for the wonderful reaction .
John Prine wrote a song called Please Don't Bury Me that he referred to as an organ donor campfire song...very tongue in cheek and certainly more lighthearted than this one. Bonnie knocked it out of the park with this one. The Grammy folks agreed.
Hi Don, I'd like to add another Bonnie Raitt song to your regular song request list. The title is "Down The Hall." I'm lovin' that album. If possible, I'm liking Bonnie even more since she's gone back to her Folk/Country roots. Thanks, Don.
John Prine-ish, indeed. But I can't figure out why, exactly. This is more complex picking that John did. But he had years of songs looking onto porches and into screen doors (ah, the benefits of being a mail-carrier). Was in it, indeed, the Na-Na's? He never had such lengthy na-na's in his work (uh - I'm thinking of Lake Marie... that was a droning refrain, not technically 'na-na's'. The first time I heard it, though - well, in that opening verse - it felt so much like a John Prine-inspired song. But once she brings up 'if she hadn't looked away', this went far beyond John Prine.
By the way, I prefer Bonnie's CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME because the lyrics force us to understand this woman is, well, embracing slut-dom. Willing to do ANYTHING, be a slut, be a whore, risk all of society's longest-ill regards towards women, just to see... just to try - ANYTHING. And none of those makes him love her. When I've heard the original versions or later when a few guys did it, it almost marries those lyrics with The Police's creepy EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. It's not a man laying down his soul to try - it's his attempt at forcing her heart to accept him. A man's singing those lyrics at least border of Force. Bonnie's version gives all of her social worthiness away in hopes of gaining his loving heart.
You’re totally wrong. For one Bonnie didn’t write I can’t make you love me and it’s not about sex it’s about love, pervert. It’s about loving someone more than they are willing or able to love you and finally coming to that realization. Have you never shared a bed with anyone without having sex? Then you might need to check your own slutdom “do anything for a man.” The protagonist here may have sex with the person she is in love with but she’s holding them on her terms so she can let go of trying to wait on them to love her as much as she loves them. Smart move on the part of the protagonist but again not Bonnie.
@@francisray4588 You cannot read very well, can you? I didn't say she wrote it one bit - that's YOUR LIE. I wrote "Her Version" of the song. Learn to read, liar.
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My son is a kidney recipient. He had a live donor. We got to meet her husband in the waiting room and then my son and his wife met his donor in recovery. She will always be our angel. She was a total stranger who saw our Facebook post. She came 500 miles to donate to our son. Being an organ donor is the most important thing you could ever do.
Won Grammy Song of the Year this tear. Bonnie at 73
Meant year but tear may be appropriate
BR wrote the song grieving for her dear friend John Prine who died of COVID. She wanted to write a song of hope and comfort in the face of great loss.
And Bonnie's voice....her subtle inflections make me believe she's feeling everything she's singing. She's so convincing. Love Bonnie's softer songs so much more than her rock style blues. She's so talented. Great song.
I heard Bonnie do an interview about this song. She said she was watching the news one night and they did a Feel Good story. It was about a mother who lost her son and the person who go his heart. She said she couldn't stop thinking about it and wrote this song... I can not listen to this song without crying. I have 3 children and just can not even imagine this. I am going to be seeing her in concert in about 3 weeks. I am hoping I can get through this song without crying by then!!!!!!❤
Such a great song.
The way I see this is that the 'just like that your life can change' has happened twice to Olivia Zand - once in losing her son and the second time in finding peace and tranquility after the meeting with the man who benefitted from the donor program and received her sons' heart.
One of my favorite, if not my favorite female artist. Love!!
I hadn't listened to Bonnie in years and this one popped up in my suggestion list. Needless to say, I was curious, but man! I was stunned by the simplicity of the lyrics that had me in tears. She wrote the lyrics and and melody and delivered them like no one on this earth could but Bonnie. She did say in her interview that it was a news article she read and it moved her so that she felt compelled to write this, along with having lost her dear friend John Prine. Thank you Don for an amazing reaction. I agree - she was channeling John.
Beautiful song thank you Caroliniasbeauty . How much that had to have meant to her . They even have Teddy bears that you can record the heartbeat but this would have meant so much more . Thank you Don for the wonderful reaction .
great reaction! i’ve listened to this song about 100 times and never picked up on the heartbeat. thanks. deepens the song, if possible.
John Prine wrote a song called Please Don't Bury Me that he referred to as an organ donor campfire song...very tongue in cheek and certainly more lighthearted than this one. Bonnie knocked it out of the park with this one. The Grammy folks agreed.
Hi Don, I'd like to add another Bonnie Raitt song to your regular song request list. The title is "Down The Hall." I'm lovin' that album. If possible, I'm liking Bonnie even more since she's gone back to her Folk/Country roots. Thanks, Don.
Down the Hall is a wonderful song.
John Prine-ish, indeed. But I can't figure out why, exactly. This is more complex picking that John did. But he had years of songs looking onto porches and into screen doors (ah, the benefits of being a mail-carrier). Was in it, indeed, the Na-Na's? He never had such lengthy na-na's in his work (uh - I'm thinking of Lake Marie... that was a droning refrain, not technically 'na-na's'. The first time I heard it, though - well, in that opening verse - it felt so much like a John Prine-inspired song. But once she brings up 'if she hadn't looked away', this went far beyond John Prine.
By the way, I prefer Bonnie's CAN'T MAKE YOU LOVE ME because the lyrics force us to understand this woman is, well, embracing slut-dom. Willing to do ANYTHING, be a slut, be a whore, risk all of society's longest-ill regards towards women, just to see... just to try - ANYTHING. And none of those makes him love her. When I've heard the original versions or later when a few guys did it, it almost marries those lyrics with The Police's creepy EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE. It's not a man laying down his soul to try - it's his attempt at forcing her heart to accept him. A man's singing those lyrics at least border of Force. Bonnie's version gives all of her social worthiness away in hopes of gaining his loving heart.
You’re totally wrong. For one Bonnie didn’t write I can’t make you love me and it’s not about sex it’s about love, pervert. It’s about loving someone more than they are willing or able to love you and finally coming to that realization. Have you never shared a bed with anyone without having sex? Then you might need to check your own slutdom “do anything for a man.” The protagonist here may have sex with the person she is in love with but she’s holding them on her terms so she can let go of trying to wait on them to love her as much as she loves them. Smart move on the part of the protagonist but again not Bonnie.
@@francisray4588 You cannot read very well, can you? I didn't say she wrote it one bit - that's YOUR LIE. I wrote "Her Version" of the song. Learn to read, liar.